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Weight and cancer

Staying lean ranks second only to avoiding tobacco as the most effective way you can improve your cancer odds. There's now good evidence that being overweight or obese is related to higher risk for cancer of the colon, endometrium (the lining of the uterus), kidney, breast (after menopause), and the lower esophagus.

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